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Effect of previous meal on BG

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riverfish

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Type of diabetes
Don't have diabetes
Treatment type
Diet only
I can't seem to make sense of my postprandial BG patterns. But I remember reading somewhere that it is affected by the previous meal. Anyone know anymore about this?
 
I have no proven information but I once argued that we all worry too much about what we put into our stomach and pay no heed to what is still in our gut from previous meals. I thought about this since I too was getting unpredictable results from the 2 hour readings. If I stayed rigidly low carb for some days after not being strict then my BG levels got progressively lower each day for about five days. This seems a long time to retain food but that's what happens and I have repeated the experiment countless times now.

In my case it just seems that I have to think about the whole gut rather than just the stomach.
 
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